NY, U.S. based prominent non resident Gujarati Padmashri Dr. Sudhir Parikh on Tuesday called on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in CM office at Gandhinagar. Parikh received Padmashri award last week at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi. This was his courtesy call to the Chief Minister. Dr. Parikh now controls Gujarat Times and some other NRIs related U.S. based publications that he acquired in recent past.